‘Cinema is a verb’ is a master’s studio observing the meeting between a mode of construction (the temporary) and a very specific program (the movie theater). The cinema department of HEAD – Genève finds itself in dire need of a space for pedagogical and event-related movie projections, and we will conceive proposals that bring together the very down-to-earth necessities of the program and the various imaginaries that it carries. We will challenge what a cinema can be, what a temporary construction is expected to feel and sound like, what it means (both for interior architecture and cinema) to emit an image.

The design will be carried out in three phases: a) by approaching the program and its potentials via a collection of shared references; b) by making concrete proposals both individually and in small groups; c) by working as a large team in order to cover all the complexities of a 1:1 construction. At the end of the semester, the collective project will reach a level of resolution allowing it to be carried towards realization in 2024.